Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Zurich Hackathon: Creating a map namespace

2014-03-11 Thread Jon Robson
It's great to see these conflicting ideas! I agree, this is not simple at all - this is why we have no map namespace, but there is definitely a need. I'm hoping Zurich can provide a platform where we can get somewhere close in that direction and generate some momentum. The fact we have a

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Zurich Hackathon: Creating a map namespace

2014-03-08 Thread Derk-Jan Hartman
On 8 mrt. 2014, at 21:48, Russell Nelson russnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Derk-Jan Hartman d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com wrote: This is thinking way too simple. Would it be nice to be able to do this ? Sure, but we already have dynamic maps. WikiMiniAtlas, the

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Zurich Hackathon: Creating a map namespace

2014-03-07 Thread Arthur Richards
Somehow wikitech-l got dropped form the recipient list of this thread; I know some of the OSM folks are subscribed. Anyway, re-added wikitech-l to this thread. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds like a good idea. If there is no objections to my

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Zurich Hackathon: Creating a map namespace

2014-03-07 Thread Derk-Jan Hartman
On 8 mrt. 2014, at 00:47, Russell Nelson russnel...@gmail.com wrote: Maps great, yes. Here's what *I* think Wikipedia needs. First and foremost, OSM is a database, just like Wikipedia articles are data (don't get me started). It's a foreign database, which means that you have the foreign

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] Zurich Hackathon: Creating a map namespace

2014-03-07 Thread Daniel Schwen
Hi all, first of all I regret very much that I won't be able to make it to the Zurich Hackathon, but Idaho, USA is a bit too far and I have just switched to a new job. Anyhow, I'd just like to chime in and support what Derk-Jan said above. Even though the WikiMiniAtlas, a dynamic map, is my